Xiao Yuanmu left alone, Song Xuanhe and Louis stayed at Louis's house waiting for news, but after a while, Yang Jie also came over.
The three big men looked at each other, all with a bit of dignified expression, none of them had the intention of opening their mouths, and looked at each other, some thoughtful and some watched the time go by little by little.
Song Xuanhe talked to the system in his mind: [Xiao Yuanmu will be safe.]
[The plot is much earlier, I can't be sure whether he is safe, but I can be sure that his life will not be in danger.]The system said: [After all, he is the protagonist.]
[Of course I know.]Song Xuanhe said: [I want to ask if he will be injured.]
[You should know. ] The system said: [Of course, if you don’t know, my data can tell you that if the number of Xiao Yuanmu’s side is equal to that of Xiao Bocong, then he is very likely to get out. If Xiao Yuanmu’s number is less than Xiao Bocong, but they have more weapons than Xiao Bocong, so they may retreat safely, but...]
Song Xuanhe interrupted the system: [He is going to save Xiao Bocong this time, at least on the surface, but Xiao Bocong wants to keep this lie, so that it will not involve the issue of how many weapons you mentioned.]
[But just now you have proposed another possibility.]The system said: [Xiao Bocong wants to kill someone.]
Sensing the change in Song Xuanhe's mood, the system hastily continued: [However, I can be sure that Xiao Bocong can't kill Xiao Yuanmu, and you know the reason.]
[Is there a way for me to see Xiao Yuanmu's situation at this time? ] Song Xuanhe asked.
The system replied firmly: [No.]
With the expected answer, Song Xuanhe drank a few sips of hot tea and fell silent.
The hour hand pointed to twelve noon, and it had been nearly three hours since Xiao Yuanmu left here. Song Xuan and the three of them sat in the living room almost motionless, and no one mentioned the matter of lunch.
Until Louis looked at the time, and then his stomach called out very punctually.
"Friends." Louis clapped his hands, and after drawing Song Xuanhe and Yang Jie's attention, he said, "I think we should eat something. I'll ask someone to bring it to you if you want to eat."
Yang Jie frowned and said, "It's best not to let outsiders in and out here at this time."
Louis was stunned for a moment, glanced at Song Xuanhe and nodded, and then was a little distressed: "But we don't know how to cook, what do we eat?"
"I can cook noodles." Yang Jie said, "It's just that the taste can only reach the level of satiation."
Luckily, Louis said, "As long as you can eat it, it's fine."
Yang Jie nodded and asked Song Xuanhe: "What kind of noodles do you want to eat? I heard that you like tomato and egg noodles, or I will cook this."
Song Xuanhe shook his head: "Let's eat something else, make something simpler."
Yang Jie moved his mouth, wanting to say that the tomato and egg noodles are very simple, but he swallowed it after seeing Song Xuanhe's absent-minded look. He nodded and said, "Then eat meat sauce noodles."
Luis is delighted: "I like spaghetti Bolognese very much!"
Yang Jie turned around and went into the kitchen. Louis walked to the original place and sat down. Seeing Song Xuanhe who didn't know what he was thinking, he came over and sat beside him and said, "Don't worry, since I knew Xiao, he He did all the things he said, and he said he can come back safely."
Song Xuanhe shook his head and said, "Do you know that there is a saying in our country of Hua?"
"What words?"
"The dog jumps over the wall in a hurry." Song Xuanhe said: "Now Xiao Bocong is very clear about how clumsy the kidnapping case he created, but he will not let such a clumsy scene really appear in front of Xiao Lin and the others. In order to cover up that he is just looking for trouble, he We can only drag Xiao Yuanmu into the water, only when this kidnapping case comes true, and only when his only competitor disappears, can he rest easy."
Louis knew that what Song Xuanhe said was right, and this was what he had been worried about before, but at this moment he couldn't put more pressure on Song Xuanhe, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Xiao must also know this very well. One point, he definitely has a countermeasure in mind.”
Of course Xiao Yuanmu knew, and Song Xuanhe also knew that Xiao Yuanmu was absolutely prepared.
However, there are many things that are known and cannot be changed. He was worried that Xiao Yuanmu was so worried that he wanted to drive after Xiao Yuanmu the second he went out, he just wanted to ensure his safety with his own eyes, and he would be by his side to deal with Xiao Bocong with him.
However, he can't.
This kind of excessive concern and worry that made him unable to think rationally also made Song Xuanhe extremely flustered.
A voice told him from the bottom of his heart: Stop struggling, you are in love with Xiao Yuanmu, stay here, you have nothing in that world, why must you insist on going back
This voice appeared a long time ago, and now it is getting louder, so loud that it almost disturbs his thoughts and makes him unable to think rationally.
Looking at Song Xuanhe's expression, Louis knew that he could not comfort him, so he could only silently pat him on the shoulder again and wait with him.
Yang Jie came out with his face upright, and when he saw the two sitting side by side, he was puzzled for a moment.
Louis got up, took a bowl of noodles and handed it to Song Xuanhe, and said with a smile, "Maybe Xiao will come back after eating."
Song Xuanhe thanked with a smile, sat quietly and finished eating the noodles.
After the three of them finished their lunch and Yang Jie washed the lunch dishes, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon, and it had been nearly four hours since Xiao Yuanmu left here.
Louis took out a deck of cards and passed the difficult time with them. Neither Song Xuan nor Yang Jie refused, because it was indeed easier to think wildly while sitting, so it was better to play cards to distract attention.
This game lasted for three hours, and it was very close to dinner time, but Xiao Yuanmu still had no news.
Before he left, he said that as soon as Xiao Bocong was rescued and left there, he would contact them immediately.
From City Y to Xiao Bocong's location, four hours is enough if you drive fast, and five hours is enough if you drive slowly. At this time, it has been seven hours since Xiao Yuanmu left. Should have contacted the kidnappers two hours ago.
Two hours did not solve the problem, which means that this matter may indeed be developing towards the worst possibility.
At this time, everyone was in no mood to play cards, and the living room became quiet again.
Ten minutes later, Yang Jie's cell phone rang, and three pairs of eyes focused on the cell phone on the coffee table at the same time.
"It's Mrs. Xiao." Yang Jie glanced at the number and said to the two of them.
Song Xuanhe and Louis looked back at the same time.
Louis laughed, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone: "The lady finally lost her composure."
Yang Jie didn't understand, so he connected Mrs. Xiao's call in the living room.
"Hi, Mrs. Xiao, I'm Yang Jie."
"Do you have any news about Yuanmu?" Madam Xiao asked, "Has he returned?"
"No, Mrs. Xiao." Yang Jie said, "Brother Xiao has been away for seven and a half hours, and there is no news yet."
"Seven and a half hours..." Mrs. Xiao murmured and repeated, and then said: "If he has any news, remember to notify me as soon as possible."
"Okay, I see, Mrs. Xiao." Yang Jie said lightly, "Is there anything else?"
"No more." Mrs. Xiao did not hang up the phone for a long time, and after about half a minute, she said again: "He is back and take good care of him."
Yang Jie frowned, his voice was still flat: "Okay, I see."
When he hung up the phone, Louis frowned and said, "When will Xiao come back?"
Song Xuanhe kept looking out of the yard with a sullen face.
After an unknown amount of time, there was a sudden soft noise outside the courtyard, which alarmed the three people in the living room. Song Xuanhe reacted immediately, got up and ran towards the door.
Louis and Yang Jie followed closely behind, looking very excited.
"I am back."
Almost the second after Song Xuanhe opened the door, Xiao Yuanmu embraced him with open arms, and the faint bloody smell from his body also spread into Song Xuanhe's nose.
"Are you okay?" Song Xuanhe pulled him into the door, looked him up and down, and after confirming that there was no trauma, he said, "Whose blood is on your body?"
"Xiao Bocong's." Xiao Yuanmu said lightly, "He's in my car now."
Louis stretched out his head and took a look outside, but saw nothing, and couldn't help saying: "Xiao Bocong's people let you take him out?"
"His people are dead."
When he said this, Xiao Yuanmu's tone was extremely calm, without any disturbance.
Yang Jie and Louis looked at each other, and Louis frowned and said, "Have you dealt with it?"
"Internal disputes caused by the unequal distribution of spoils directly by the kidnappers." Xiao Yuanmu said, "It's not within my scope."
Louis raised his eyebrows, gave a thumbs up and said, "Excellent."
Only Yang Jie was a little worried: "Brother Xiao, are you sure there is no one who slipped through the net? What about Xiao Bocong?"
"Call Mrs. Xiao." Song Xuanhe said, "Didn't she just say that Xiao Yuanmu would call him when he came back?"
"By the way, call an ambulance." Louis said with a smile, "Xiao, is your brother's injury serious?"
"Not too serious." Xiao Yuanmu took off his blood-stained jacket and said, "It's just that his legs are useless."
Louis was stunned, and then joked: "Xiao, Horsman is right, you should cooperate with him, the two of you always talk about such creepy things in a nonchalant manner, which makes me feel that you The two must have something in common.”
Xiao Yuanmu curled the corner of his lower lip, turned his head to look at Song Xuanhe, put his hands lightly on both sides of his neck, and said in a low voice: "I promise you will come back safely, and I will definitely do it."
"Your leg is injured too." Song Xuanhe said with a bad face, "Show me."
Xiao Yuanmu was taken aback, and Louis and Yang Jie, who was on the phone, also looked over in an instant.
In fact, Xiao Yuanmu concealed it very well. No one found any traces of his injuries from his actions, nor did Song Xuanhe. Just in case, he asked the system to scan one side of his body. It was only then that Xiao Yuanmu found out that he had lied.
"Actually, it's nothing." The smile on Xiao Yuanmu's face faded, and there was a trace of anxiety in his eyes.
"Roll up your trouser legs." Song Xuanhe looked at him with a cold face: "I don't want to say it a third time."
Xiao Yuanmu lowered his eyes, and then had to roll up his trouser legs.
The gauze wrapped the calf near the ankle just enough to be covered by the trousers. Blood oozes from the thick gauze. You don't need to look much to know that the wound is definitely not shallow.
"I've already bandaged it." Xiao Yuanmu glanced at Song Xuanhe's expression, his slender eyelashes drooping, and explained gently.
Song Xuanhe glanced at him lightly, his eyes fell on his very rough calf, and his voice could not hear any emotion: "Did you do it yourself or did you accidentally hurt it?"
Xiao Yuanmu hesitated for a second, and Song Xuanhe's eyes swept over.
"Accidentally." He explained: "When I left, I didn't notice that Xiao Bocong was still awake. He broke away from the person who was holding him and stabbed him with a dagger."
Song Xuanhe looked even colder, and Xiao Yuanmu signaled Yang Jie to speak with his eyes.
Yang Jie received Xiao Yuanmu's eyes, but he didn't know what to say. In fact, this was the first time he saw Brother Xiao, who had always been tall and calm in his mind, looking so low and small, which made him feel completely indifferent. After realizing it, he always thought that even though Song Xuanhe seemed domineering in peacetime, Brother Xiao's character was hard to be controlled by others.
And now Brother Xiao is more elusive than before, so he feels that Brother Xiao should take the initiative between Song Xuanhe and Brother Xiao.
Now it seems that he may be wrong.
It's just that as an expert who has been single for more than 20 years, he can help single people solve the problem of being lonely, but he can't help Xiao Ge solve the problem of how to calm down his boyfriend when he is angry.
So, Yang Jie turned his attention to Louis.
To solve this kind of problem, Louis, who has separated and reunited with his childhood sweetheart no less than ten times, has the most say.
Louis also felt that he had the right to speak. He had already seen Xiao Yuanmu looking at Yang Jie's distress signal. He raised his eyebrows, bent down quietly to hold his leg, and then covered the position above his ankle, making a painful gesture. look.
Xiao Yuanmu immediately frowned, and hissed lightly.
Song Xuanhe looked at him with no emotion in his tone: "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Xiao Yuanmu said lightly, "It's just that the wound hurts."
Song Xuanhe raised an eyebrow, "The wound hurts?"
"A little."
Xiao Yuanmu replied calmly, but his slightly pale lips and slightly raised eyebrows all showed his superb acting skills.
Yang Jie was amazed, and suddenly thought of a sentence he had read somewhere before: Any man in love can win an Oscar.
He didn't understand what it meant before, but now seeing Brother Xiao, he thought he might understand.
It's just that Song Xuanhe wasn't deceived by Xiao Yuanmu's acting skills. Instead, there was a hint of teasing in his eyes: "Since it hurts, why don't you jump with your legs together?"
Xiao Yuanmu paused, then looked at Louis in a blink of an eye. Louis shrugged. He didn't expect that all the actions between himself and Xiao Yuanmu would be seen by Song Xuanhe.
Xiao Yuanmu could only return to the traditional way, put his head on Song Xuanhe's shoulder, and said with a low voice: "I was wrong, don't be angry, okay?"
"Where did you go wrong?" This sentence almost blurted out, but before saying it, Song Xuanhe suddenly thought of the template of a couple quarrel circulating on the Internet. People just started arguing like this, and Song Xuanhe's face turned darker when he thought that he was almost brought into a female role.
"Whether I'm angry or not depends on whether you're honest or not." Song Xuanhe looked at him coldly, and said, "When the ambulance comes, you can go with Xiao Bocong to heal your leg."
Just as the words fell, the sound of an ambulance rang outside the door.
Song Xuanhe glanced at Xiao Yuanmu, saw his long eyelashes drooping slightly, and looked quite cold and pitiful, he paused for a moment and then retracted his stepping leg, grabbed Xiao Yuanmu's arm and thought to himself: He is definitely not soft-hearted.
Xiao Yuanmu followed Song Xuanhe's strength and got up, a little smile leaked from the corner of his mouth and he pressed it back instantly. He pursed his lips slightly, leaned his strength on Song Xuanhe's body, and let him help him out.
The doctor took Xiao Bocong who was in the car into the ambulance, and Song Xuanhe and the others also took Xiao Yuanmu to drive behind, all the way to the private hospital.
Not long after she sat in the emergency room, Mrs. Xiao hurried over, accompanied by Song Xuan and the housekeeper whom Song Xuan had met before, and she was relieved after seeing them.
Mrs. Xiao gasped when she saw the wound on Xiao Yuanmu's leg, and said to the doctor, "Doctor, is my son's leg okay?"
The private doctor didn't know Mrs. Xiao, but he knew that the other boy who just entered the operating room was the younger brother of the patient in front of him, so he said: "His leg is fine, he can recover after changing the dressing every day and resting for a while, but His younger brother is not doing well and may need amputation."
Mrs. Xiao was taken aback, her face was blank for a few seconds, and then she raised her voice and said, "His brother? Which brother?"
After finishing speaking, she didn't even see the doctor, she turned her head to look at Xiao Yuanmu, and asked, "The brother the doctor said is not your brother, right?"
"It's Xiao Bocong." Xiao Yuanmu said: "Those gangsters had an internal fight, and Xiao Bocong and I were injured in the process of escaping and escaping. His injuries were more serious than mine, and both of his legs were crushed."
"Grinding..." Mrs. Xiao's eyes turned white, she took a step back to support the butler's hand before she stood still, and after standing still, she asked tremblingly, "What did you say? Did you crush it?"
"Those people were chasing us with heavy locomotives. Bo Cong got into the car one step later. Before he could get on the car, he was pulled down, and his leg was crushed while climbing up the car." Xiao Yuanmu said: " Later, those people kept chasing us, so we missed the best treatment time."
"Broken legs..." Mrs. Xiao murmured, her eyes turned red instantly: "Both legs are broken, how painful it must be."
The butler supported Mrs. Xiao, with a worried expression on his face, but he still asked in a low voice: "Do you need me to tell you this matter immediately?"
"No." Mrs. Xiao straightened up, trying to calm down her pale face, she said: "Wait until Bo Cong comes out and see, Ah Lin is not in good health now, tell him when the situation is stable."
"Yes, ma'am."
Song Xuanhe looked away, looked at the doctor who gave Xiao Yuanmu stitches, and asked, "His leg was injured, is there anything he needs to pay attention to during this time?"
The doctor treated Xiao Yuanmu's wound well, got up and said, "Be careful not to let the wound get wet, and come to the hospital regularly to change the dressing. If you find it troublesome, you can also ask your private doctor to come to the hospital. I will talk to him Communicate with Mr. Xiao about his condition, and he will know how to take care of him."
"Just tell me." Song Xuanhe said.
The doctor was a little surprised, and looked at Xiao Yuanmu with a consulting gaze.
Xiao Yuanmu suppressed the smile on the corner of his mouth, nodded and said: "Listen to him."
Song Xuanhe glanced at him, then turned his eyes away to listen to the doctor's orders.
Mrs. Xiao has already been led by the nurse and guarded outside the operating room, and the doctor also left after explaining Song Xuan and all the precautions. At this time, only Xiao Yuanmu, Song Xuanhe and Louis Yang Jie were in the ward. people.
Louis said: "Mrs. Xiao seems to have a hard time accepting the fact that Mr. Xiao Bocong may not be able to walk in the future."
Song Xuanhe laughed, and said: "She still doesn't know that Xiao Bocong will not be able to walk in the future, she just wants to feel sorry for Xiao Bocong's broken leg."
"Under the current medical technology, it is very easy for Xiao Bocong's leg to be cured." Yang Jie said bitterly: "The Xiao family's resources and contacts are very rich, maybe his leg will be cured soon. gone."
Louis teased: "Yang, I remember that you were very friendly to Madam Xiao and Xiao Bocong before, why are you so...unfriendly now?"
"I'm friendly to them because they treat Brother Xiao well." Yang Jie said blankly, "If they treat Brother Xiao badly, Brother Xiao might as well not have these relatives."
Xiao Yuanmu curled his lower lip when he heard the words, and pursed his lips when Song Xuanhe looked over.
Song Xuanhe glanced at him lightly, then turned his eyes to the door, and said in a calm tone, "If Mrs. Xiao knows that Xiao Bocong will never stand up again, will she be very sad?"
"Of course, that's her son." Yang Jie said indignantly, "Xiao Bocong is much more important than Brother Xiao in her heart."
"I'm very curious." Song Xuanhe was puzzled and asked, "How did you determine that Xiao Bocong's legs can no longer walk? This is the country of America, and Yang Jie also said that the Xiao family can find the best for Xiao Bocong. With good medical resources, even if his leg really fails, there are countless possibilities for him to stand up in the future, and artificial limbs are one of them."
"Xiao Bocong doesn't know how to wear artificial limbs." Xiao Yuanmu said: "Even if he wants to, it will be a few years at the earliest, and he knows it very well. Under the premise of being clear, the fact that he is disabled will make him useless." I can't stand up at all."
Louis nodded in agreement: "Xiao Bocong is a very proud person. I have met him many times. He is very proud of everything about himself. The sudden loss of his legs will definitely make him decadent for a long time. By then Xiao will have mastered the Xiao family. , after he knows that he is hopeless, it is very likely that he will really be devastated."
Xiao Yuanmu didn't want to discuss this topic too much, he glanced at Yang Jie and signaled him to leave.
Yang Jie understood, found an excuse and dragged Louis away.
When they all left, only Song Xuanhe and Xiao Yuanmu were left in the ward.
Xiao Yuanmu asked: "Do you think it's cruel for me to treat my own brother like this?"
Song Xuanhe turned his eyes and collided with his eyes. After seeing the uneasiness in his eyes, he pursed his lips slightly, leaned close to him and whispered: "You say that you will not be sad if I do anything, and I am the same. Believe that you have a reason for everything you do, and I will be by your side if you do whatever you think is right."
Xiao Yuanmu's eyes were bright: "Forever?"
Song Xuanhe hugged him, put his chin on his shoulder, and said in a low voice, "As long as I live in this world."